Sybil Ludington’s
MIDNIGHT RIDE
VOCABULARY
route
trot
urged
reins
way or path
movement faster than a
walk and slower than a run
pushed onward
straps a rider uses to guide an
animal
Vocabulary
 route
trot
urged
reins
It was the first farmhouse on her route.
She slowed star to a trot and banged on
the door with her stick.
Then she urged Star on, back into the
dark woods.
Her fingers felt stiff on the reins.
Inferring
How do you think Sybil feels as she rides
through the rain at night?
Step 1 – Think about how you would feel riding alone
in the rain at night.
I think Sybil feels cold, wet, lonely, and afraid
because she is all alone in the dark and it is
raining.
Review Base Words
The part of the word that can stand
alone.
 Many words are created from base words.
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comfort - baseword
comfortable uncomfortable comforting
quickly jumped unsafe listener thinking
darkness usually
Inflected Endings –ed, -ing
-ed shows an action that happened in the
past
 -ing shows an action that is happening in
the present
 When the base word ends with e, drop the e
before adding –ed or –ing.
 When a base word ends with a vowel and a
consonant double the final consonant.
clap shine drop come pin stop ride
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Syllabication
Breaking words into syllables will help you
pronounce new words
 Every syllable has one vowel sound
 Words with VCCV divide between the two
consonants
 Compound words divide between the two
words
stingray bonnet basket raindrop insect
rooftop invent insect
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Sequence of Event (137E)
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A story happens in a certain order or sequence
Words and phrases such as first, after that, a little
later, and the next day help show the sequence of
events.
The pharse at dawn helps me know that Mulan said
goodbye to her family early in the morning. The word then
shows that the next thing she did was ride off with the
soldiers. By nightfall is a phrase that helps me know an
entire day has passed. At sunrise and at dusk help me
know that the next day also was spent traveling.